Alphonse Kahn (December 9, 1864 in Kolbsheim (Alsace) – May 25, 1927 in Paris) was a French businessman.
Biography
Alphonse Kahn was born in
Kolbsheim
Kolbsheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Between June 1974 and January 1983 the commune was merged with Duppigheim.
Geography
Kolbsheim is an Alsatian village positioned a short distance to the s ...
, (Alsace, France) on December 9, 1864 to Salomon Kahn et Rosalie (Rosa) Kahn. His wife was named Georgette.
On December 13, 1893, Kahn joined forces with his Alsatian cousin
Théophile Bader
Théophile Bader (24 April 1864 – 16 March 1942), co-founder of Galeries Lafayette, was a French businessman and art collector whose family was persecuted during the Nazi occupation of France because of their Jewish heritage.
Early life
Théop ...
to create the general partnership Alphonse Kahn & Cie, which operated the first store, Aux Galeries Lafayette, which opened at 1 rue La Fayette in Paris in January 1894. this was the beginning of what was to become the Galeries Lafayette Group.
Although Kahn retired from administration and operational management in 1912, he remained a shareholder and shared the chairmanship of the board of directors with Théophile Bader until his death in 1927.
Kahn is buried in the Montparnasse cemetery (division 30).
See also
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Galeries Lafayette
The Galeries Lafayette () is an upmarket French department store chain, the biggest in Europe. Its flagship store is on Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris but it now operates in a number of other locations in France and othe ...
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Theophile Bader
Theophilus is a male given name with a range of alternative spellings. Its origin is the Greek word Θεόφιλος from θεός (God) and φιλία (love or affection) can be translated as "Love of God" or "Friend of God", i.e., it is a theoph ...
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History of the Jews in Alsace
The history of the Jews in Alsace is one of the oldest in Europe. It was first attested to in 1165 by Benjamin of Tudela, who wrote about a "large number of learned men" in " Astransbourg"; and it is assumed that it dates back to around the y ...
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Théophile Bader
Théophile Bader (24 April 1864 – 16 March 1942), co-founder of Galeries Lafayette, was a French businessman and art collector whose family was persecuted during the Nazi occupation of France because of their Jewish heritage.
Early life
Théop ...
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French business executives
French Jews
Burials at Montparnasse Cemetery
People from Bas-Rhin
Alsatian Jews
1864 births
1927 deaths